Animal Planet was an Italian television channel broadcasting programmes about animals. All content is adapted for an Italian audience. The channel closed down 1 February 2019.
History The channel launched on 1 May 2005, exclusively available on Sky Italia. It was the fifth channel launched by Discovery Networks in Italy after Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilisation and Discovery Travel & Adventure.
In October 2008, the channel adopted a new logo and a new look, previously adopted by the channel's American counterpart.
Animal Planet closed along with Discovery Travel & Living in Italy on 1 February 2019.
In April 2019, its content became available on Dplay and adopted the US version.
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